DCLcruiser
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John Carter was way better than it gets credit. It should have spawned a multi movie franchise. Indiana Jones in space.
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News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!
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FigmentFan82
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I think there's a real opportunity for some solid course correction. I'm not expecting earth shattering changes, but there could be enough small things here and there (Magical Express!!!) that would go a long way to setting the path right for the guest experience at the parks. Even if they are things that Iger himself had started to put into play, he has the buffer of Chapek to smooth those optics. But again, this man has a golden opportunity to use hindsight to his advantage. Something not many get the chance of. If he wants to leave in 2 years as the white knight, he has all the cards to do so now.
FigmentFan82
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I wish for more wishes
spock8113
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I wish for the old Figment Ride, Journey Into Imagination, restoration of the food plan, return of the Magical Express, resurrection of Horizons, return Test Track to original more-relevant ride, repaint those hideous, new Vegas-style casino hotels and the ever-elusive pipedream of lower prices and better booking packages, just as a beginning of wishes. These horses left the barn long ago.
The Skyliner is the best thing done under Chapek.
The Skyliner is the best thing done under Chapek.
FigmentFan82
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oh man, if Iger pushes through Imagination redo, and done well, he could fail at everything else and still ride off unscathed in my book
Br0ckford
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JD80
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From a politicians point of view, this recent turn of events offers Iger a very very interesting opportunity. Everything Iger has done has been buried in the last few years of stink:
That being said, this is an interesting opportunity for Iger. We as a society have very short term memories and if over the course of the next 2 years Iger can do any number of things that can erase all of his mistake and catapult him into "Legend" mode. Getting the parks into better shape, reducing costs or "hiding costs" in other things. Taking the negative connotation away from the cost of a vacation. Park additions, increase maintenance, giving the CMs a good raise (adjusted for inflation now ~19-20$/hr). Getting all the different studios into a better place and green lighting some new movies (which we won't see until after he's gone assuming he's gone after 2 years).
Iger, the shifty SOB, was able to bounce just before all of his bad decisions caught up to him (park maintenance, over crowding, G+ nickle and diming, a string of bad movies, D+ costs). All these things were going to hit regardless of who was sitting in the CEO chair.
So Iger has an interesting opportunity to "fix" all of his problems in the short term and play the white knight. Maybe it'll be deserved.
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It'll be funny when Chapek doesn't get credit for all the park reservation/G+ changes that are coming that were being developed now and Iger gets all the praise.
- Where us fans have been noticing a decline in the parks for a decade, the public is finally seeing it to. To the point where we are getting major publications writing about it. (No reason to list all these thigns)
- Decline in movie quality.
- The state of the company's financials etc.
That being said, this is an interesting opportunity for Iger. We as a society have very short term memories and if over the course of the next 2 years Iger can do any number of things that can erase all of his mistake and catapult him into "Legend" mode. Getting the parks into better shape, reducing costs or "hiding costs" in other things. Taking the negative connotation away from the cost of a vacation. Park additions, increase maintenance, giving the CMs a good raise (adjusted for inflation now ~19-20$/hr). Getting all the different studios into a better place and green lighting some new movies (which we won't see until after he's gone assuming he's gone after 2 years).
Iger, the shifty SOB, was able to bounce just before all of his bad decisions caught up to him (park maintenance, over crowding, G+ nickle and diming, a string of bad movies, D+ costs). All these things were going to hit regardless of who was sitting in the CEO chair.
So Iger has an interesting opportunity to "fix" all of his problems in the short term and play the white knight. Maybe it'll be deserved.
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It'll be funny when Chapek doesn't get credit for all the park reservation/G+ changes that are coming that were being developed now and Iger gets all the praise.
Ayla
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I had ZERO interest in seeing Avatar. I don't watch Sci-Fi movies, nor do I waste money on 3-D movies. Politics (whatever that means) had literally nothing to do with my disinterest. I also don't plan on watching any of the 4 subsequent Avatar movies.
Tha Realest
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All of those bad things, with the exception of Magical Express, happened under Bob I.
Goofnut1980
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Under who’s regime did the company start closing a lot of the Disney Stores?
JD80
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Closing Disney Stores was a smart thing.
lazyboy97o
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Eisner, who eventually sold them to The Children’s Place. Iger bought them back out of bankruptcy and tried for awhile with new store looks and opening new locations, but that eventually sputtered. Chapek had the latest round of closures that basically ended the concept outside of a few select locations.
It's kinda like asking under who's regime did Starbucks stores start popping up like festering little pimples all over the resort?
JoeCamel
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But yeah
SilentWindODoom
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While you can say it lacks for content, the theming of the land on-stage and the Flight of Passage Queue are friggin' nuts and the kind of standard we ask for from the company.
Cheaping out after Paris's issues. Animal Kingdom is still trying to dig itself out of half-day status. Everyone's already mentioned California Adventure's chintzy approach, which sadly overshadowed the positives that were there. Building a shell of a castle park in Hong Kong and an utter embarrassment in Walt Disney Studios Park.
You know what? I've never thought about how much worse that last one is by the fact that the French had a mistaken perception of what has been called the most beautiful and deep castle park and Eisner then gave them exactly what they thought Disney would bring: a cheap American money-grab.
(Oh dear. I apparently got interrupted in writing this yesterday and never sent it.)
JoeCamel
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They learned to build a good queue and they do spend on rockwork but as a whole it lacks what the rides that come before had. Its just an opinion but it does seem to have some traction
castlecake2.0
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Under who’s regime did the company start closing a lot of the Disney Stor
chapek put the final nail in the coffin. I think some of the stores should have closed, the mall is dying, BUT they could have saved a few more of the flagships. There should be more cast facing guest areas of the company other than the parks. With the closure of Disney stores and radioDisney they removed brand ambassadors in local communities that could talk up the company and its initiatives, maybe these venues weren’t making as much money as before, but they were still an important part of the puzzle. But why run your own business when you pay target run it into the ground.
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Disone
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I think that's a strong argument in favor of Disney Plus. And I guess peacock too. I agree. Get them in and most will stay for the library.